Improvement in clothes-driers



J. CAFFE EY. lmprovemnt in Ciothes-Driers.

Patented Oct. 15,1872.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES CAFFREY, OF COVINGTON, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR TO LOUIS STOW,

OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN CLOTH ES-QRIERS.

Speciication forming part of Letters Patent No. 132,196, dated October15, 1872.

To all whom it 'may concern:

Be-it known that I, JAMES OAFEREY, of Covington, in the county of Kentonand State of Kentucky, have invented certain Improvements inClothes-Driers, of which the following is a specication:

My invention relates to that class of clothesdriers which are made insections or panels, and consists in iinting the standards of the panelsin such a manner that when two of them are connected by any suitablemeans they iit like spur-gearing; the object of my invention being tokeep the connected standards always perfectly parallel, whereby greaterstrength, durability, and neatness are secured, and the panels lessliable to becomewarped.

Figure l is a perspective elevation of a clothes-drier embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross-section of two of the connectedstandards thereof above the band B.

AA are the standards of each panel, which are connected by-bars, asshown in Fig. 1, and are iluted all around except on their inner sides,where the bars enter, as shown in Fig. 2. B B are bands for attachingthe panels, which may be remoyed .and replaced at pleasure, one of thesebands being placed above the upper, and the other below the under, barThe bands are preferably made of elastic material, but metal will, in aninferior manner, answer the same purpose.

I am aware that clothes-driers made'in detachable sections withsmooth-surfaced standards are old, and that these have been connected byelastic band, having had a patent granted to me March 12, 1872,' forsuch a device. Practical eXperience and observation have, however,demonstrated to me, since the application for said pat-ent, that theseconnected smooth standards cannot be kept parallel; that either a changeof position of the panels or the sustained weight of the clothes isliable to force them out of parallel lines, which causes an extra strainon and wear of the elastic bands; andwhen left for any eX- tended lengthof time in this position the panels and standards become so warped thatthey will not assume their former shape and position. To remedy thesedefects is the object of my present invention, which it not only does,but by the increased friction of the connecting-standards it is foundthat careless handling is not so liable to change the elevation of therespective panels. vAny number of panels, of course, may be used, andthese may be arranged in any desirable or convenient position.

Having thus described my inventiom I claimy A clothes-drier composed oftwo or more panels, the standards of which are fluted, as and for thepurpose described, when the same are closely connected, to operatesubstantially as shown and described.

JAMES GAFFBEY. Witnesses:

EDWARD BOYD, WM. BURNEY.

